The agricultural sector grew by 12.1% in September, the highest figure so far this year.

(Agraria.pe) The agricultural sector registered an extraordinary growth of 12.1% in the month of September compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). The increase in the agricultural sector in September was driven by the rise in the agricultural subsector by +18.4% and the livestock subsector by +3.4%. The growth recorded in that month is the highest so far this year, when last May the agricultural sector obtained an increase of 9.3%. Variation of the Value of Agricultural Production by subsectors, September 2019 - 2025 (%) Sector/subsector 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 p 2024 p 2025 p Agricultural 4.1 3.0 12.9 4.3 -7.5 3.4 12.1 Agricultural 4.6 8.6 20.0 5.5 -12.3 3.1 18.4 Livestock 3.5 -3.5 3.6 2.4 -0.03 3.8 3.4 P Preliminary Source: MIDAGRI-DGESEP-DEIA The products that showed the highest increases in production in the ninth month of the year were: olive +18615% (in Tacna due to the recovery of the crop compared ...